What makes critics dictate what is cool and what is not. What gives them the pass to say that their opinion on music or movies or anything is what should be cool and what shouldn't. I don't think it should be up to one person. Vanilla Ice More Quotes by Vanilla Ice More Quotes From Vanilla Ice I like Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Common. But I like the underground stuff like Young Jeezy, Black Rob and Shine. I also love heavy metal like Slipknot and Pantera, It's very intense stuff. Vanilla Ice black shining stuff I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. Ice Ice Baby is about that area. Vanilla Ice florida texas baby I've never met anybody in this world like me. Vanilla Ice mets this-world world As for music and my place in it, maybe things are changing a little bit. I know this: a good song is deeper than a tattoo. It'll remind you of the car you're driving and the girl you're going around with and the streets you're cruising. It's better than a photo album. A song is a tattoo that you never lose. 'Ice, Ice Baby,' man, you'll remember that when you're 90. Vanilla Ice tattoo girl song "Ice" came in when my friends would say "cold as ice" -- if you could rap and battle people you'd say "Dude, that was ice cold." It had nothing to do with jewelry. Back then, it was like "Your cold, dawg." "Vanilla Ice -- that's cold." Vanilla Ice rap ice people All my friends were black and Mexican. I was the only white kid in our group and had to work hard to be accepted. Year after year, we'd breakdance and we all became close and they labeled me "Vanilla" - like "Hey, Vanilla" and they knew I hated it, so of course they kept calling me it. Vanilla Ice hard-work kids years My sound has changed. It's still hiphop, but it's more of like a rock/hip-hop show. It's high energy, stage diving, pyrotechnics, girls showing their breasts. It's crazy party atmosphere. Vanilla Ice party crazy girl Not everyone agrees on music. Some people like rap, some like country - it's all an opinion. F the critics. Vanilla Ice rap country people I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that! Vanilla Ice rocks stars people I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing. Vanilla Ice concerts years firsts I'm a random guy. I shake a hand and make a friend. I don't do egotistical things. Vanilla Ice egotistical guy hands I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know? Vanilla Ice white class america For three years between 16 and 19 I was the opening-act-for-the-opening-act-for-the-opening-act, you know? And then I was on tour with Ice-T, Stetsasonic, EPMD, Sir Mix-a-Lot--legends--and went on to sell 160 million records. It still baffles me. Vanilla Ice ice three years To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not. Vanilla Ice cool me loser opinion I turn my negatives into my positives because one of my mottos is, 'Yesterday's history, tomorrow's a mystery,' meaning that you can't go back and change anything in the past. Vanilla Ice you tomorrow change history I know this will blow your mind, but most people would probably never ever get it, but I listen to classical music when nobody else is around. It calms me down and I can get into this, like, deep thinking mode, you know, because there's really no lyrics to it, so you're not following something that - that you're listening to a story. Vanilla Ice me you music people Shows have been sold out. It's overwhelming, you know. I had no idea what to expect with this new sound and everything and just to see so many people just come out and embrace it, it's overwhelming. Vanilla Ice new know you people
